Back around 2008 I purchased, sight unseen, a book that I saw advertised. It measured 11 x 15 inches, containing over 170 full page size incredible colored photographs with corresponding quotations, some funny and others serious, written in three languages, Yiddish, Hebrew and English. It is my all time favorite “coffee table” book and has engendered a myriad of reactions from family and friends who have taken the time to peruse it.
It’s title: Man Plans and God Laughs…and more wisdom from our grandparents.
I quote a paragraph from the editor, George Hanus, “The title of this volume, MAN PLANS AND GOD LAUGHS captures this ironic Yiddish understanding of the human condition. We all spend so much time organizing, reorganizing and scheduling our lives that we often forget that no matter how meticulous our intentions, a circumstance, an act of nature or ill health can change everything in a nanosecond.”
Truthfully, I had planned, researched, developed, revised and edited for the last couple of months what was to be my March blog to commemorate my 80th birthday. However in the light of the world coronavirus pandemic we are living (and dying) through I cannot and will not post it as planned.
Instead, I welcome you to offer prayers for healing and hope. Choose your style and level of comfort or merely reflect quietly on what is happening and what you can do to keep yourself and others safe.
-Harriet